Preventing the preventable through effective surveillance: The case of diphtheria in a rural district of Maharashtra, India

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Phalkey, Revati K ^a   Bhosale, Rajesh V ^b   Joshi, Abhijeet P ^c   Wakchoure, Sushil S ^b   Tambe, Muralidhar P ^d   Awate, Pradip ^b   Marx, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^c Clinic of General and Restorative Dentistry and Dental Implantology   (India)

^d SBH Govt Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Dhule district; Diphtheria; India; Maharashtra; Outbreak investigation; Response

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIPHTHERIA; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; VACCINATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875839014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-317     Document Type: Article

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